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Gamera Vs. Jiger (1970) – Review
The final, palatable Gamera movie of the original 60’s-70’s run (brace yourself as there’s two more to go) sees the child befriending mega turtle probably
Gamera Vs. Guiron (1969) – Review
The Gamera series, despite it’s many flaws, has always had the weirdest designs for it antagonists. Every single one is a truly bizarre, surrealistic nightmare
Gamera Vs. Viras (1968) – Review
By this, the fourth entry in the long running Gamera series, the filmmakers had finally not only nailed down the style that all future installments
Gamera Vs. Gyaos (1967) – Review
Every long running hero absolutely needs a villain: Batman has the Joker, Godzilla has Ghidorah and even I have an annoying cat that lives on
Gamera Vs. Barugon (1966) – Review
Unavoidably trudging along in Godzilla’s wake, Gamera’s creators made the decision to also make the turtle titan a white hat and a prospective protector of
Gamera The Brave (2005) – Review
By the time 2006 rolled around, the rights to everybody’s favourite flying fire turtle has switched hands and plans were put in place to bash
Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965) – Review
In 1965, in order to capitalize on the impressive success of Toho Studio’s Godzilla, Daiei Studios produced a rival to the titanic, atomic lizard in
War Of The Gargantuas (1966) – Review
Godzilla and Mothra director Ishiro Honda was always trying to bring something new to that strange little genre known as the Japanese monster flick with
Godzilla Vs. Hedorah (1971) – Review
While it’s tough to imagine it during his more sillier moments, Godzilla has always been a creature with one, googly eye on social issues, be
Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Review
By 1968, Toho Studios had been on something of a Kaiju roll for well over a decade, but, behind the scenes, rumblings were occuring that
Mothra (1961) – Review
Ishiro Honda – surely the Stan Lee of monster movies – by this point in his career had belted out more than his fair share
Ebirah: Horror Of The Deep (1966) – Review
An attack of the crabs is never pretty, especially from one the size of Madison Square Garden, but that’s unfortunately only one of the issues
Rodan (1956) – Review
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that all Japanese monster movies are cut from the same cloth and that they’re pretty much
Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973) – Review
By the time Godzilla and the rest of his monstrous, cinematic ilk had loped to 1973, quality wasn’t really that much of a requirement. TV
All Monsters Attack (1969) – Review
By the tenth movie in Godzilla’s cinematic odyssey, some bright spark at Toho realised that the greatest resource in keeping the King Of The Monsters
Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (1964) – Review
By the time we reached the fifth movie in the life and times of the legendary city stomper known as Gojira, Toho studios were in
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) – Review
Despite being a somewhat consistently inconsistent run of films, Toho’s Millenium Era of Godzilla movie had each been fairly fun affairs, but if truth be
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) – Review
Since its kickoff in 1999 with Godzilla 2000, the Millenium Era of Godzilla movies had kept up a strict, unbroken run of keeping each entry
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) – Review
Another entry into the Millennium series of Godzilla movies and yet another reboot…While the previous era of Godzilla movies (the Heisei Era, if anyone’s asking)
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